Friday, August 10, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- Auust 10, 2012



How, When And Whether To End The War In Syria -- Kenneth M. Pollack, Washington Post

“The beginning of wisdom,” a Chinese saying goes, “is to call things by their right names.” And the right name for what is happening in Syria — and has been for more than a year — is an all-out civil war.

Syria is Lebanon of the 1970s and ’80s. It is Afghanistan, Congo or the Balkans of the 1990s. It is Iraq of 2005-2007. It is not an insurgency. It is not a rebellion. It is not Yemen. It is certainly not Egypt or Tunisia.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

War crimes by Syrian rebels must be condemned too
-- Peter Beaumont, The Guardian

The tide of war is rising. What is Obama going to say? -- Peter Feaver, Foreign Policy

Hillary Clinton must insist on a united Syrian opposition
-- Bilal Y. Saab, Christian Science Monitor

Time Is Short For Iran Diplomacy -- Michael Oren, Wall Street Journal

Why Yemen Isn't Afghanistan or Iraq
-- John T. Bennett, US News and World Report

The Palestine Romney doesn’t know -- Zahi Khouri, Washington Post

Anger Mismanagement: Bahrain’s Crisis Escalates -- Elizabeth Dickinson, World Affairs

Why Japan is angry over South Korea's visit to an island -- Jason Strother, Christian Science Monitor

In China, a trial of leadership
-- Washington Post editorial

Why Gu Kailai's trial lifted the veil on Chinese politics -- Jonathan Fenby, The Independent

West Africa 'ignoring underlying causes of hunger'
-- David Blair, The Telegraph

Egypt’s scapegoat for the Sinai attack -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Sudan and South Sudan Make Progress
-- New York Times editorial

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